Real life coin block

Do you love Mario Bros?
Did you always want to know how getting a coin by hitting a block feels?
Or maybe you just want a cool place to store your coins.
Well this is the perfect project for you!

Step 1: Materials

The main items you will need are the coins, I used the coins of my country. Any size would be good, but the bigger the better. Cardboard is also important in this project, almost everything is made using 3mm cardboard. For the sound I used an old 128mb MP3 player. A servo hacked for continuous rotation. If you buy a new servo, it will probably come with a few handles, I you use a old servo you will have to make your own handle. Two springs, one to push the coins up, and another to push the coins into the charger. A small piece of a thin plastic, like the kind used in credit cards. Electronic stuff is detailed in step 10.

Comments

[OzzyManson]

does anyone have an estimate on how much cardboard is needed for this?

[Noah972]

Wow! That is an awesome project! One question though, where can I get 3mm cardboard?

[OzzyManson]

http://www.sugarcascades.com/cake-boards.html

[buddybabes]

awesome idea

[hocngiap]

this is amazing!!!!!!!!

[M0HIZ]

Really cool, but how does it know when you've punched it?

[brunoip]

look at the switches in the final step

[M0HIZ]

Ah, I see.

[T-K]

Holy shignizzle, this is amazing! The next thing would be to make it light up for a few seconds haha.

[Rebreg]

Or change colors when it's out of. Coins

[tool box]

Soy puchacho, De Taringa, Buenisimo tu sistema.
I´ Am Puchacho, From Taringa, Good sistem.

[jbryant jr.1]

Holy...!.!!!!... WOW awsome

[skerzzz]

I would LOVE to make one of these! and i have read most everything and think i can do it. but i dont get what to do with the things in pictures 10 through 14. could you help me please?

[gogglecrab]

Hey, i would love you to add this to my group! Great job!

Here's the link if you want to check it out:
http://www.instructables.com/group/CoinOperated/

[64bitgenius]

can you make one that is tougher and less sensitive? I have a power level of over 9000 and it's hard not to destroy things.

[Shadow Of Intent]

If the "stop" point of the motor were slightly further round, you could reduce the delay between hitting the botom of the box and the coin coming out. May require a one way ratchet system to avoid the spring trying to pull the arm back again. Excellent job!

[sethcim]

Wow, that's amazing!! Congrats on your win!

[MrMistermister]

Can you just make me one?? :P

[inDIOSolari]

MUY GROSO! TE FELICITO!! ya empece a comprar los materiales para armarme uno.
me quedo una duda respecto al servo....
1)es necesario uno tan robusto?
2) El trimpot de 10k en la placa de timer para q sirve? es para regular el tiempo que gira el servo de modo tal que pegue la vuelta entera y vuelva a comenzar desde el mismo lugar?

gracias!
Abrazo desde ARGENTINA
Jonathan

[lselfridge]

i didn't really understand it what do you use to make the coins come out do you think you can make a video/

[Leuh4n]

Encara, va un +1 gato.

[Portalman]

you have a mole on your finger

[brunoip]

No, it was made with the sharpie while painting black the top of the box.

[Nelson_Yepez]

Im sorry but i saw this and i thought this is lame for a grand prize winner... but then i saw that it shoots coins and i thought wow can he get second and third prize too. awesome job well deserved

[SHIFT!]

Hey congrats on winning the Grand Prize on Game.Life! I can't wait to build this over the summer as well!

[mikenuke]

awesome!!great job, love it!

[brunoip]

I don't know why the text of two steps was disappeared.
I have already fixed it.

[aleceatsfood]

awesome!!great job

[txoof]

I'm looking to drive a modified servo with a 555 circuit, but I'm having a heck of a time finding a circuit that I can make work.
I have a few questions about your circuit:
1) What do you mean by a 10K preset? Is that a 10K pot?
2) What might be some substitutes for a tip41c transistor? Is there another NPN type transistor that I can use?

[brunoip]

1- yes
2- there are several transistor that you can use, ask what they have in the store where you buy them.
Regards, Bruno.

[robot1398]

i think preset is not a pot its a kind of pot which cannot be adjusted

[txoof]

Ah yes, and there lies the problem. I'm in a town with absolutely no hobby-electronics shops. Everything I get I have to order over very, very expensive mail. I have on hand a wide variety of NPN transistors. Can you suggest one that would work with this circuit?

[nsutton]

Id like to know the answer to this as well. I am looking to do a small order from West Florida and they dont have the TIP41C. Im curious if the TIP31A would get me by.

[brunoip]

TIP31 may work.

[Biglion]

Hey! Acabo de pensar una combinación genial. Tu caja y muchas monedas de chocolate (no se si soportarían los golpes) pero estaría bueno probar.

I had a great idea, I think, your box + chocolate coins = a winner.

[Biglion]

Are those argentinian coins? ;-)

I like this proyect. At first I saw it in Taringa.

How much have you spent on it? / Cuanto gastaste viejita? <--- google translator

Saludos desde Quilme'sh.

[iceng]

A most excellent ible, shows imaginative detail work. I would think this would sell in the USA.

[aspina]

Hola, soy de argentina, y soy nuevo en este tema de armar cosas y me re cope con esto, perdon por la ignorancia pero para soldar el mp3 usaste un soldador normal con staño ?

[brunoip]

Si, uno comun de 30w tipo lapiz, igual hay que tener mucho cuidado. Saludos

[gogglecrab]

i really think this one should win!